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Howdy
Well, It's early 2008 and I haven't posted since early-to-mid 2007. I suppose I should give some great insights since the last post, which was a whopping 8 months ago. But, alas, I have none ( Read more... ) -
Hello
I try to write something to blog about, but I can’t. I’m stuck wondering what it is I should actually write about. I have been looking back over my college career which spans two countries, two universities, and 7 years. I started college way back in 10th grade of high school doing Russian at a University level. I was also doing Japanese around ( Read more... ) -
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I find there's something wrong with NBC's schedule, I think the problem is that they didn't cancel ER. I hate that show. -
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ANTH 475 --Rough copy of paper-- Paper on Men and Health Care (culture of masculinity)
Introduction:
As the title implies, an attempt was made to understand and analyze the culture of men’s health. Pop culture sources like magazines and television infomercials a have seemingly limitless amount of trite information available to the consumer on such topics as penis enlargement and quick muscle building tips. They are sold to men by ( Read more... ) -
Life and Durth
Political emancipation of the self from society is a notion that isn’t new, especially in certain realms of thought like feminism. In Feminism, sexuality is a form of politics that includes its own hierarchies, the male-female dyad, and other forms of control. It’s a rather esoteric realm of thought, really aloof from the every day existence of ( Read more... ) -
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I am baffled at why we propagate myths and accept them as axiomatic truths to be used again and again. My point here is sexual statistics. I find that epidemiologists, social statisticians (quantitative sociologists) and other social researchers are allowed to continue to propagate myths regarding male sexual habits. Even in masculinity studies, ( Read more... ) -
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Québec is having its ceremonial electoral campaign, one in which all parties bash each other for 4 weeks in advance of a 12 hour vote that habituates the status quo. This is, however, the first time that a viable third option has existed and has proven to be a formidable opponent. L’Action Démocratique du Québec’s Mario Dumont, a right-of-centre ( Read more... ) -
A Crisis of Craptastic
So, it hit me. I'm becoming cynical about my major. Okay, I'm starting to hate it. Sure, Anthropologists talk about being an "applied" social science, but applied how? There is a critical fear in anthropology of becoming policy makers. There is no reason for being anti-policy, except to say that they don't want to be decision makers. They want to ( Read more... ) -
Breaking and Entering
Saw the movie last night. This is what I thought: Meh. Okay. Not bad. Coulda been worse ( Read more... )